Humpbacks return! Blues still here! It’s getting interesting!
2020 09-22 SB Channel East Captain Dave and his crew encountered a bit of fog near the harbor this morning. It began to lift almost right...
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Sep 20, 20202 min read
An epic blue whale season: today is day #60!
2020 09-20 SB Channel East Today is the 60th day the giant blue whales have been present in the Channel this season Glassy seas held for...
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Sep 19, 20202 min read
Lots of blue whales in the land of the giants…still!
2020 09-19 SB Channel East Epic summer/fall blue whale invasion persists! Today’s foray into the land of the giants, several miles north...
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Sep 19, 20201 min read
8+ hour trip – record-setting year for giant blues and much more!
“YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT MOTHER NATURE HAS IN STORE” There are still a few spots available for our next 8+ hour cetacean and wildlife quest...
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Sep 18, 20201 min read
Loads of blue whales, we watched 8…and dolphins too!
2020 09-18 SB Channel – East Several good things to report: First, there was no fog in our neck of the Channel today. Second, we closely...
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Sep 17, 20202 min read
Blue whales, humpback whales and loads of dolphins.
2020 09-18 SB Channel East It was another great trip to the land of the giants near the east end of Santa Cruz Island. The dense, zero...
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Sep 16, 20201 min read
The giant blue whale summer program continues!
2020 09-16 Yolo ByPass The giant blue whale summer program continues! The dense, zero-visibility ground fog we encountered near the...
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Sep 13, 20201 min read
10 giant blue whales and 1000 dolphins
2020 09-13 SB Channel East Sea conditions were glassy and calm near the mainland, but breezy and choppy out near the land of the giants....
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Sep 12, 20202 min read
Blue whales, that friendly Minke, loads of dolphins too!
2020 09-12 SB Channel East The mixture of fog and wildfire smoke continued today but luckily it never dropped to sea level and obscured...
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Sep 11, 20202 min read
Reports of Orcas yesterday, 2 scarred-up fin whales today. Coincidence? Lots of blue whales today t
2020 09-11 SB Channel East Captain Dave and his crew had brown fog most of the day, that’s a mixture of regular ocean fog and a little...
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Sep 9, 20201 min read
Blue whales and dolphins observed despite patchy dense fog.
2020 09-09 SB Channel East Dave and his crew mustered together all of their years of experience and skills to navigate numerous periods...
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Sep 8, 20201 min read
Blue whales, dolphins and another friendly Minke!
2020 09-08 SB Channel Far East The normal marine stratus layer had a little bit of amber color to it from distant wildfires. Seas were...
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Sep 7, 20202 min read
Fog and glassy seas —> great sightings today!
2020 09-07 SB Channel Far East Captain Colton and the crew reported flat, glassy seas all day in our part of the Santa Barbara Channel....
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Sep 6, 20202 min read
Magnificent Mammal Multitudes!
2020 09-06 SB Channel Far East Seven different mammal species today! Captain Colton, aka “Boat Colton,” and his crew traversed the...
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Sep 5, 20201 min read
Sixteen giant blue whales
2020 09-05 SB Channel East 16 giant blue whales The land of the giants centered itself in The Lanes adjacent to Pedro Point and Anacapa...
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Sep 4, 20201 min read
…even MORE giant blue whales…
2020 09-04 SB Channel East …Even more giants … Captain Colton and his crew ran southeast towards the eastern end of Santa Cruz Island...
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Sep 3, 20201 min read
Giant blue whalefest continues uabated.
2020 09-03 SB Channel East Whalefest continues unabated! Captain Colton, aka “Boat Colton,” reported calm and sunny conditions in the...
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Aug 31, 20201 min read
Ideal conditions: blue whales and plenty of dolphins, too.
2020 08-31 SB Channel The morning high stratus gave way to bright sunlight by the time we reached the land of the giants at Santa Cruz...
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Aug 30, 20202 min read
6 giant blue whales get up-staged by a tiny Minke whale.
2020 08-30 SB Channel Magnificent giant blue whales up-staged by tiny Minke whale. Spectacular weather and sea conditions once again led...
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Aug 29, 20200 min read
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